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U.S. Department of Defence
Industry: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
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A funding category including those development programs being engineered for service use but which have not yet been approved for procurement or operation. Money under budget activity 6.4.
Industry:Military
The reliability of a system or software subsystem in its actual use environment. Operational reliability may differ considerably from reliability in the non-operational or test environment.
Industry:Military
A data set which contains three-dimensional position estimates for target and other objects predicted to be in a weapon interceptor's field of view for use in target designation. (USSPACECOM)
Industry:Military
Navy document which describes major characteristics of the alternative selected by OPNAV. It is submitted as originating document for all Navy new starts (less than major programs)--ACATs II, III, IV.
Industry:Military
The degree of readiness of air defense weapons which can become airborne or be launched to carry out an assigned task. Weapons readiness states are expressed in number of weapons and number of minutes.
Industry:Military
A system that evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of a missile, and communicates the necessary commands to the missile flight control system.
Industry:Military
An area and the airspace above it within which friendly aircraft or surface-to-air weapons are normally given precedence in operations except under specific conditions. See also air defense operations area.
Industry:Military
The continual comparison of the nature of the observed threat with the defense system capabilities and selects the best way to attack the threat in accordance with established priorities and specified strategy.
Industry:Military
Support “event driven acquisition strategy” by linking specific contractual events to the “exit criteria” for the acquisition phase, or to intermediate development events established for the acquisition strategy.
Industry:Military
A missile system test of short duration conducted with the propulsion system operating while the missile is secured to the launcher. Such a test is performed to determine the readiness of the missile system and launch facilities prior to flight test.
Industry:Military